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OLD  YORK  LIBRARY 


_  OLD   YORK  FOUNDATION 


Greater  New  York 


ILLUSTRATED. 


OVER  ONE   HUNDRED  AND   FIFTY   PHOTOGRAPHIC  VIEWS  OF  THE 
FOREMOST  CITY  OF  THE  WESTERN  HEMISPHERE. 


RAND,  McNALLY  &  COMPANY,  PUBLISHERS, 

Chicago  and  New  York. 


Copyright,  1897,  by  Rand,  McNally  &  Co. 
Copyright,  1899,  by  Rand,  McNally  &  Co. 
Copyright,  1901,  by  Rand,  McNally  &  Co. 
Copyright,  1902,  by  Rand,  McNally  &  Co. 
Copyright,  1904,  by  Rand,  McNally  &  Co. 
Copyright,  1907,  by  Rand,  McNally  &  Co. 


Avery  Architectural  and  Fine  Arts  Library 
Gift  of  Seymour  B.  Durst  Old  York  Library 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS 


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American  Museum  of  Natural  History     .     .     .  19s 

American  Surety  Co.'s  Building  59 

Astor,  Mrs.  John  Jacob,  Residence  of      .     .  .171 

Battery  Park  and  Upper  Bay  9-29 

Blackwell's  Island,  South  End  37 

Bowery,  The  1 1 5 

Bowling  Green  Building  47 

Bridges,  Prospect  Park,  Brooklyn      ....  247 

Brighton  Beach,  Coney  Island  25' 

Broad  Street,  Looking  South  from  Wall  Street  .  7  1 
Broad  Street,  Looking  North  from  Beaver  .  .  49 
Broadway,  Looking  North  from  Murray  Street  .  95 
Broadway  and  Bond  Street  to  Tenth  Street  .  105 
Broadway,  Looking  North  from  Post  Office  .  .  83 
Broadway  and  Fifth  Avenue,  Junction  of  .  .127 
Broadway  from  Tenth  Street  to  Union  Square  .  109 
Broadway,  Looking  North  from  Exchange  Place  55 

Brooklyn  Bridge  235 

Brooklyn,  Fulton  and  Court  Streets  .     .     .  .241 

Brooklyn  Savings  Bank  243 

Castle  William,  Governor's  Island,  New  York 

Bay  19 

Calvary  Church  129 

Central  Park,  East  Drive  181 

Central  Park,  Fountain  and  Lake  185 

Central  Park,  View  of  183 

Century  Club  163 

Church   and    Library,    Sailors'    Snug  Harbor, 

Staten  Island  27 

Church  Missions  House,  Entrance      .     .     .  .159 

City  Hall  97 

City  Hall  Park  93 

City  Prison  103 

Coffee  Exchange  63 

College  of  Pharmacy  155 

Colonial  Club  203 

Columbia  University,  Library  of  209 

Columbus  Monument  i75~i77 

Conklin,  Roscoe,  Statue  of  89 

Consolidated  Stock  and  Petroleum  Exchange .     .  51 

Corn  Exchange  Bank  65 

Custom  House  9 

Dakota  Flats  201 

David  Island  39 

Delmonico's  61 

Dun  Building  75 

Empire  Building  57 

Fidelity  &  Casualty  Co.'s  Building  ....  63 
Fifth  Avenue,  Fifty-first  to  Fifty-second  Street  .  161 
Fifth  Avenue,  Looking  North  from  One  Hundred 

and  Twenty-sixth  Street  227 

Fifth  Avenue,  Looking  South  from  Twenty- 
second  Street  131 

Fire  Headquarters,  Brooklyn  239 

Fuller  Building  135 

Fort  Schuyler  39 


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Fort  Wadsworth,  Staten  Island  19 

Gansevoort  Market  117 

Gould's,  Geo.,  Residence  197 

Grace  Church  107 

Grand  Central  Station  151 

Grant's  Tomb,  Riverside  Drive  221 

Hale,  Nathan,  Statue  of  89 

Hall     of    Architectural     Casts,  Metropolitan 

Museum  of  Art  189 

Hall  of  Records  91 

Herald  Square  '43 

High  Bridge  233 

Holland  House  145 

Hotel  Waldorf-Astoria   147 

Hotel  Majestic  199 

Hotel  Margaret,  Columbia  Heights,  Brooklyn    .  237 

Hotel  New  Netherland  173 

Hotel  Savoy  '73 

Huntington,  Collis  P.,  Residence  of  .  .  .  .171 
Judson  Memorial  Baptist  Church       .     .     .  .113 

Knickerbocker  Theater  14° 

Liberty,  Statue  of,  Front  View,  from  Southeast  .  23 
Liberty,  Statue  of,  Side  View,  from  West     .     .  25 

Life  Building  139 

Looking  Southwest  from  New  York  and  Brook- 
lyn Bridge  13 

Looking  South  from  New  York  and  Brooklyn 

Bridge  •    .■   .•  15 

Lusitania,  the  largest  and  fastest  steamship  in 

the  world  25s 

Madison  Square  Garden  137 

Mail  and  Express  Building.     .     ...     .     .  77 

Manhattan  Life  Insurance  Co.'s  Building      .     .  53 

Matthews,  J.  H.,  Residence  of  205 

May  Parties,  Central  Park  191 

Memorial  Arch,  Brooklyn  233 

Metropolitan  Club  153 

Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art  187 

Metropolitan  Opera  House  149 

Montauk  Club,  Brooklyn  24S 

Moonlight  on  New  York  Bay  21 

Morningside  Park  223-229 

New  East  River  Bridge  237 

New  York  Bay  from  Battery  7 

New  York  Bay,  a  Misty  Morning  on  .     .     .     .  17 

New  York  City  Hall  97 

New  York  Clearing  House   .61 

New  York  Life  Building  101 

New  York  Post  Office   .     .  85 

New  York  Stock  Exchange,  Interior  of    ...  73 

Normal  College   .     .     .  193 

Ocean  Steamers  in  Berths,  North  River  ...  41 

Park  Row  Building  .87 

Physics,  Department  of  153 

Printing  House  Square  93 

Proctor's  Fifth  Avenue  Theater  141 


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Produce  Exchange   29 

Prospect  Park,  Brooklyn   249 

Rapid  Transit  Tunnel   .     .  .     .     .     .  .10.1 

Residences,  Northeast  Corner  Madison  Avenue 

and  Fiftieth  Street   'f>S 

Riverside  Drive  and  Grant's  Tomb  .  .  .  .  219 
Riverside  Drive,  Looking  North  from  Grant's 

Tomb   215 

Riverside  Drive,  Looking  North  from  One  Hun- 
dred and  Twelfth  Street   211 

Riverside  Drive,  Looking  North  from  One  Hun- 
dred and  Twentieth  Street      .  .213 
Riverside  Drive  and  One  Hundred  and  Eighth 

Street      .   207 

Salvation  Army  Building   "9 

Sectional  Dry  Dock  and  Brooklyn  Navy  Yard    .  35 

Singer  Building   7  5 

Sixth  Avenue,  Looking  North  from  Fourteenth 

Street  Station  of  Elevated  Railroad    .  .121 

Society  of  American  Artists   "63 

Soldiers'  and  Sailors'  Monument   217 

Sound  Steamer  Leaving  North  River  Pier    .     .  33 

South  Street,  Looking  South  from  Cocnties  Slip  43 

South  Street,  Scenes  on   45 

St.  Bartholomew's  Parish  House   155 

St.  Francis  Xavier  Church,  Interior  of    .     .  .125 

St.  Tames  Building   133 

St.  Luke's  Hospital   225 

St.  Patrick's  Cathedral   J57 

St.  Patrick's  Cathedral,  Interior  of     .     .     .  .159 

St.  Paul  Building   81 

St.  Paul  Chapel   79 

•St.  Thomas  Church   167 

Stock  Exchange  Building   49 

Temple  Beth-El   145 

The  Mall,  Central  Park   179 

Times  Building   149 

Trinity  Church,  from  Wall  Street       ....  67 

Union  Square   123 

United  States  Sub-Treasury   69 

United  States  Trust  Co   6s 

Vanderbilt,  Cornelius,  Residence  of  .  .  .  .169 
View  from   Brooklyn,   showing   East  River 

Bridge   5 

View  from  Grant's  Tomb   217 

View  from  North  River   5 

View  Looking  Northeast  from  Roof  of  Office 

Building,  66  Broadway   31 

View  Looking  Southwest  from  Roof  of  Office 

Building,  66  Broadway   11 

Wall  Street  and  Trinity  Church   67 

War  Vessel  in  New  York  Harbor   253 

Washington  Bridge   231 

Washington  Memorial  Arch   m 

West  Street,  Looking  North  from  Rector  Street.  99 

Work  House,  Blackwell's  Island   37 


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WORK  HOUSE,  BLACKWELL'S  ISLAND — East  River. 


FORT  SCHUYLER  —  Entrance  to  Long  Island  Sound. 


DAVID  ISLAND  — Long  Island  Sound. 

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CORN  EXCHANGE  BANK— Corner  William  and 
Beaver  Streets. 
R.  H.  Robertson,  Architect. 


UNITED  STATES  TRUST  CO.— 45  Wall  Street. 
R.  W.  Gibson,  Architect. 

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GANSEVOORT  MARKET— West  and  Washington  Streets,  Gansevoort  to  Little  Twelfth  Street. 

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SIXTH   AVENUE  —  Looking  north  from  Fourteenth  Street  Station  of  Elevated  Railroad. 

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CALVARY  CHURCH  —  Twenty-first  Street  and  Fourth  Avenue. 


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TEMPLE  BETH-EL,  HEBREW  — Southeast  Corner 
Fifth  Avenue  and  Seventy-sixth  Street. 
Brunner  &  TRYON,  Architects. 


HOLLAND  HOUSE  — Southwest  Corner  Fifth  Avenue  and 
Thirtieth  Street. 
Geo.  E.  Harding  &  Gooch,  Architects. 


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GRAND  CENTRAL  STATION  —  Forty-second  Street,  Vanderbilt  Avenue,  and  Depew  Place. 

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ST.  BARTHOLOMEWS  PARISH  HOUSE  — 205  East 
Forty-second  Street. 
Renwick,  Aspinwall  &  Renwick,  Architects. 


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COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY— 115  West  Sixty-eighth  Street. 
Little  &  O'Connor,  Architects. 


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ENTRANCE,  CHURCH  MISSIONS  HOUSE  —  Southeast 
Corner  Fourth  Avenue  and  Twenty-second  Street. 
R.  W.  Gibson,  Architect. 


159 


INTERIOR  OF  ST.  PATRICK'S  CATHEDRAL. 


THE  CENTURY  CLUB— 7  West  Forty-third  Street. 
McKim,  Mead  &  White,  Architects. 


SOCIETY  OF  AMERICAN  ARTISTS— 215  West 
Fifty-seventh  Street. 
H.  J.  Hardenbergh,  Architect. 


HOTEL  NEW  NETHERLAND— Northeast  Corner  Fifth 
Avenue  and  Fifty-ninth  Street. 
Wm.  H.  Hume,  Architect. 


173 


HOTEL  SAVOY— Southeast  Corner  Fifth  Avenue  and 
Fifty-ninth  Street. 
Ralph  H.  Townsend,  Architect. 


COLUMBUS  MONUMENT  AND  PLAZA-Broadway  and  8th  Avenue  and  59th  Street  entrance  to  the  Park. 

The  greatest  surface  line  exchange  point  in  the  city. 


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THE  MALL,  CENTRAL  PARK. 

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THE  METROPOLITAN  MUSEUM  OF  ART— Central  Park,  near  Fifth  Avenue  and  Eighty-second  Street. 

187 


METROPOLITAN  MUSEUM  OF  ART— Hall  of  Architectural  Casts. 

189 


NORMAL  COLLEGE — Park  and  Lexington  Avenues,  Sixty-eighth  to  Sixty-ninth  Street. 

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HOTEL  MAJESTIC  — Central  Park  (West),  Seventy-first  to  Seventy-second  Street. 

Alfred  Zucker,  Architect. 
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THE  DAKOTA  FLATS— Northwest  Corner  Central  Park  (West)  and  Seventy-second  Street. 

H.  J.  Hardenburg,  Architect. 
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THE  LIBRARY  OF  COLUMBIA  UNIVERSITY—  116th  Street,  between  Amsterdam  Avenue  and  Boulevard. 


209 


RIVERSIDE  DRIVE  — Looking  North  from  One  Hundred  and  Twelfth  Street. 


211 


RIVERSIDE  DRIVE  AND  GRANT'S  TOMB. 
219 


GRANT'S  TOMB,  RIVERSIDE  DRIVE. 

221 


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MORNINGSIDE  PARK  AND  CATHEDRAL  HEIGHTS— uoth  Street. 

223 


FIFTH  AVENUE,  LOOKING  NORTH  FROM  ONE  HUNDRED  AND  TWENTY-SIXTH  STREET. 

227 


MORNINGSIDE  PARK. 
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THE  WASHINGTON  BRIDGE— Across  Harlem  River,  from  One  Hundred  and  Eighty-first  Street  and  Tenth  Avenue 

to  Aqueduct  Avenue. 


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WAR  VESSEL  IN  NEW  YORK  HARBOR  — Armored  Cruiser  "  New  York." 

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LUSITANIA— 


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